Information from the Statistics and Census Service shows that in the fourth quarter of 2005, the available amount of Electricity and Gasoline (unleaded) surged by 16.2% and 14.0% respectively, whereas Gas oil & diesel registered the only drop of 12.2% year-on-year. Nevertheless, the available amount of Electricity and Gas oil & diesel dropped markedly by 24.8% and 22.4% respectively over the third quarter of 2005, whilst Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) recorded the only increase of 22.6%. In 2005, the available amount of Electricity registered the largest increase of 12.8% compared with 2004. In comparison with the fourth quarter of 2004, consumption of Fuel oil and Electricity rose by 14.5% and 11.7% respectively, whereas Gas oil & diesel registered the only decrease of 14.1%. Compared with the third quarter of 2005, consumption of LPG recorded the only increase of 27.3%, whereas Gas oil & diesel registered the largest decrease of 35.3%. In 2005, consumption of Electricity rose the most, by 13.4% compared with 2004. With respect to the import quantity of fuels in the fourth quarter of 2005, Fuel oil grew by 33.3% and Aviation kerosene up 13.0% respectively year-on-year, while Common kerosene (kerosene for illumination) registered the biggest decrease of 62.5%. In comparison with the third quarter of 2005, import quantity of LPG and Aviation kerosene increased markedly by 43.3% and 23.2% respectively, while Common kerosene (kerosene for illumination) shrank the most, 53.6%. In 2005, import quantity of Gasoline (unleaded) registered the biggest increase of 12.4% compared with 2004. In the fourth quarter of 2005, the total import value of liquid and gas fuels reached the amount of MOP 854 million, representing an increase of 43.4% year-on-year and an increase of 14.9% over the third quarter of 2005. In 2005, the total import value of liquid and gas fuels increased by 37.7% over 2004 to MOP 2,833 million. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2005, the list prices of all fuels went up compared with the end of the fourth quarter of 2004, among which those of Fuel oil and Gas oil & diesel (for industrial use, 200 litre) rose markedly by 20.6% and 19.3% respectively. Compared with the end of the third quarter of 2005, only the list prices of centralised LPG (per m3) and bottled LPG (per kg) rose 7.3% and 7.0% respectively.
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